Dr. Zahi Hawass says builders were not slaves; they wouldn't have been buried 'in the shadow of the pyramids'.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed hidden inscriptions inside Egypt’s Great Pyramid which could reveal who built the iconic ...

In a groundbreaking revelation, archaeologists have unearthed inscriptions within Egypt's Great Pyramid, challenging age-old ...

Built 4,500 years ago during Egypt’s Old Kingdom, the Pyramids of Giza are more than elaborate tombs — they’re also one of historians’ best sources of insight into how the ancient ...

A new study aims to answer the centuries-old question of how the Great Pyramids of Egypt were built thousands of years ago, and its findings have provided an unexpected possible answer -- water.

The Pyramid of Djoser in the Saqqara necropolis archaeological site, Egypt. The pyramid is thought to be the oldest in Egypt, with its construction dating back to around 4,700 years ago.

Water played an even bigger part in building ancient Egypt’s first pyramid, Landreau says. He contends that designers of Djoser’s pyramid deftly engineered techniques for controlling water ...

And while ancient Egyptians relied on a number of tools to help build the roughly 205-foot-tall structure, a new study indicates at least one previously unknown aid—a hydraulic lift system ...

Landreau et al. estimate that Egyptian builders could have captured between 4 million and 54 million cubic meters of water over the two or three decades it took to complete the Step Pyramid.

It was the first pyramid to be built and, standing at over 60m (200 ft) tall, it inspired the construction of larger pyramids in the following Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Dynasties of ancient Egypt.